Means for securing grab-irons and ladder-threads to railway-cars.



APPLICATION FILED JULY 30,1915.

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CLARENCE H. WILLIAMSON, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR SECURING GRAB-IRONS AND LADDER-TREADS TO RAILWAY-CARS.

Application filed. July 30, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. WIL- LIAMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Grab-Irons and Ladder-Treads to Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway cars and has for its primary object improved means for attaching hand holds, grab irons and ladders to the sides of cars without destroying the inside finish of the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide improved and adequate means of replacing hand holds, grab irons and ladders with a minimum of expense and labor, thus providing a device that is economical and at the same time efficient and durable.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a base portion which is adapted to be securely attached to the side of the car, as well as having ample means for attaching the grab iron or handhold to the same.

With these and many other objects in view, which will be readily apparent to persons skilled in the art, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in carrying out the objects above stated are susceptible to some structural change or modification without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claim, but a'prefer-red and practical embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of this improved grab iron or hand hold attaching means together with a grab iron or hand. hold attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a portion of a car end having this improved grab iron or hand hold attaching means applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the base members of the present device.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, time.

Serial No. 42,787.

Like reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out this invention no change is contemplated in the usual car side construction, or car end construction, nor is it the intention to destroy the inside finish of the car to which it is attached in renewing handholds or grab irons, and to this end there is provided an arched base portion designated by the numeral 10, adapted to be securely fastened to the car side, or to the car end, 11, through the medium of rivets 12. The base 10 is further provided with an Lip-standing oblong central portion 13, having a recess portion 1 1 adapted to receive the bolt head 15, which is positioned and locked against rotation in the guideway formed between the abutment lugs 16 arranged beneath the top edge of the slot 19 and extending parallel to the sides thereof, and terminating at the open end of the slot in the depending shoulders 16 for the purpose of preventing rotation of the bolt 17, when the nut 18 is removed. The slot 19 through which the bolt 17 enters is of such a depth that when the hand hold or grab iron base 20, is positioned on the base 10, the

inside edge of the hole 21 in the grab iron or hand hold will fall in line with the bottom of the slot 19 in the base 10. It will be obvious from this construction that longitudinal as well as transverse movements of the grab iron or hand hold are prevented.

The base 10 is preferably provided with an inward projecting nose 22, adapted to act as a support for the heel 23 of the grabiron or hand hold 2 1-.

In removing this grab iron or hand hold from the side, or end of the car, all that is required is to remove the nuts 18 thus permitting the grab iron or hand hold to be lifted off the base.

From the foregoing description it is thought that the many advantages of the herein described invention will be readily apparent and what I claim and desire to be comprising an arched body portion having a tening the grab iron to the anchoring base 13- siot, oppositely disposed attaching ears, and members. I v

a depending shoulder at the edge of said In testimony whereof I'aHiX my signature body on opposite sides of the slot, and fasin presence of tWo Witnesses.

' tening bolts havin their heads located within the arched b dy portion behind said CLARENCE TILLIAMSON depending shoulder, while the shanks there- Witnesses: of project through said slot and the perfo- B. C. MCCORMICK, rated attaching ears to receive a nut for fas- JAMES T. I-IANLON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, I). C. 

